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Old Rockers Never Die

April 15, 2012

Can one be too old to rock? Not according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, musical greats Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard were the first rock and rollers inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is housed in Cleveland, Ohio in a 150,000 square-foot museum featuring seven floors, five theaters for films, special events, free public programs, and changing exhibits. Its mission is to educate the world on the social significance of rock and roll. This is accomplished by operating a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets this art form through its library and archives, as well as its educational programs.

Touring the building, you’ll see impressive artifacts like the jacket John Lennon wore on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the piece of paper Jimi Hendricks wrote the lyrics for Purple Haze, Les Paul’s 1942 electric guitar, and even Michael Jackson’s 1992 glove.